William Hollings Norton

Born: 6 Feb 1844, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Christened: 2 Jun 1844, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton on 28 Feb 1888 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died: 31 Aug 1889, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa aged 45

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton

Charles Ward Hutton Norton

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/33780927/person/18532709409

And

Copy of William Hollings Norton's Death Notice dated Sept 1889 in RAB's possession. He is recorded as being born in the Cape Colony.

bullet Christening Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-58534-26?cc=1468076&wc=M9HS-PVC:1604737739

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I15951&tree=master

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/33780927/person/18532709409

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT VAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE N304
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NORTON, WILLIAM HOLLINGS. EGGENOTE ELIZABETH DOROTHY (GEBORE HUTTON).
STARTING 18890000
ENDING 18890000

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE O/4896
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NORTON, WILLIAM HOLLINGS.
STARTING 1889
ENDING 1889
REMARKS NAGELATE EGGENOTE ELIZABETH DOROTHY NORTON (GEBORE HUTTON).

And

Copy of William Hollings Norton's Death Notice dated Sept 1889 in RAB's possession. He died at home.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Marital Status. He is confusing. There is no doubt he married Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton in Bloemfontein in 1888. He would have been 44 at the time. The marriage record is at:-
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/DGS-004763122_00740?cc=1910846
Witnesses:-
J.W.Brand
S.Thesen

There is no doubt he died one year later in 1889 and was still married to Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton.

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT VAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE N304
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NORTON, WILLIAM HOLLINGS. EGGENOTE ELIZABETH DOROTHY (GEBORE HUTTON).
STARTING 18890000
ENDING 18890000

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE O/4896
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NORTON, WILLIAM HOLLINGS.
STARTING 1889
ENDING 1889
REMARKS NAGELATE EGGENOTE ELIZABETH DOROTHY NORTON

He certainly did not marry Elsie Elizabeth Otto in 1898 as he had been dead for 9 years. There are numerous trees online which show them married. They are clearly wrong.

He may have married E.D. Grey see
http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I15951&tree=master

The odd thing is E.D. Grey has the same initials as Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton.

According to http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I15951&tree=master
He had a son with E.D. Grey to whit - Charles Ward Hutton Norton in 1889. This is impossible as he was married to Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton at the time.

Ergo Charles Ward Hutton Grey is the son of William Hollings Norton and Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton. The presence of Hutton in his first names logically suports this.

Examination of the marriage cert between William Hollings Norton and Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton reveals him as Jonkman and her as a Jonge-Dochter. He is clearly not recorded as a widower.

And since he died a year after his marriage the logical conclusion that he was married only once.

This leaves the problem of who is E.D.Grey who appears numerous times in various online trees. I suspect Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton remarried unknown Grey after William Hollings Norton's death.

The only reference to E.D. Grey is at
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chanten&id=I120
1.Title: Hazel Dakers
Abbrev: Hazel Dakers
Note: Hazel says that Paul Cheifitz found initials as ED Grey in Cape Archives

• Children. http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I15951&tree=master
Records a further child Louis. Since he was only married for one year this seems impossible. I suspect the Louis recorded here is his brother.

• Will. Copy of the front page of his will in RAB's possession.

William married Elizabeth Dorothy Hutton, daughter of Charles Ward Hutton and Dorothea Elizabeth Charlotte Heyns, on 28 Feb 1888 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSLR-LYN

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/DGS-004763122_00740?cc=1910846
Witnesses:-
J.W.Brand
S.Thesen

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